Attachment for telephones



Jan. 27, 1942. w. J. KELLEY 2,271,140

ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONES I Filed June 24, 1940 /NVENTOE WZ-JLEY J. hflLEY I m/ WWW Patented Jan. 27, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONES Wesley J Kelley, Minneapolis, Minn-Application June 24, 1940, Serial No. 342,117

3 Claims,

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments fortelephones and more particularly to such an attachment adapted tosupport a note pad.

An object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive pad holder attachment for telephone stands which may readilybe applied to a conventional telephone stand without the use ofseparable securing elements.

A further and more specific object of the invention is to provide a padholder which may be expeditiously formed from a single piece of sheetmaterial, and which comprises an outwardly extending portion adapted tosupport a pad and an upright portion shaped to seat against a side wallof the telephone stand and provided at its upper end with hook means forengaging one end of the usual cradle which supports the combinedreceiver and transmitter of the telephone.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the followingdescription and accompanying drawing and will be pointed out in theannexed claims.

In the accompanying drawing there has been disclosed a structuredesigned to carry out the various objects of the invention, but it is tobe understood that the invention is not confined to the exact featuresshown as various changes may be made within the scope of the claimswhich follow.

In the drawing:-

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a telephone stand showing theattachment applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side view of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a detail view, partially in section, showing the means atthe upper end of the attachment for securing it to the usual cradle ofthe telephone stand.

In the selected embodiment of the invention here shown, there isillustrated on the accompanying drawing for purposes of disclosure, aconventional telephone stand of the type commonly known as a Frenchtelephone. The telephone stand, generally designated by the numeral 2,is shown comprising a base portion 3, and body portion 8 provided at itsupper end with the usual cradle, generally designated by the numeral 5.with upright posts or supports 6 having upstanding ears. l between whichthe usual combined receiver and transmitter 8 is supported, as bestshown in Figure 1. The cradle is shown provided with the usualcircuit-opening elements-or The cradle is shown provided buttons 9adapted to be engaged by the combined receiver and transmitter 8, whensupported in the cradle, as shown in Figure 1.

The invention comprises a pad holder attachment which, as shown in thedrawing, comprises an upright body portion I I adapted to be seatedagainst one of the side walls I2 of the telephone stand 2, as clearlyillustrated in Figure 1. The upright portion II is provided at its lowerend with an outwardly extending portion I3, which serves as a shelf orsupport for a suitable note pad,'generally indicated by the numeral I4.The note pad I4 may be secured to the horizontal support I3 of theattachment by suitable screws I5 and nuts Iii. It is to be understoodthat other means may be provided for securing the pad to the support I3without departing from the scope of the invention,

To detachably secure the attachment pad holder to the telephone stand,the upper end of the upright portion I I is shown bent inwardly toprovide a horizontal wall portion 01, and then downwardly, as shown atI8, whereby a hooklike structure I9 is provided adapted to engage overthe upper end of one of the upright supporting elements 6 of the cradle,as best shown in Figure 1. The horizontal portion ll of the hook isshown having an aperture 20 adapted to receive the usual circuit-openingswitch button 9, as will readily be understood by reference to Figures 1and 4.

The downwardly bent portion I8 of the hooklike structure it is shownprovided with a finger 2! which extends below the portion I8, as shownin Figure 4, and cooperates with the portion I8 to detachably secure theholder to the telephone stand. v

The novel pad holder herein disclosed is extremely simple andinexpensive in construction. It is preferably made from a single pieceof sheet metal, bent as shown in Figure 1, whereby it may readily andconveniently be fitted onto any conventional telephone stand of the typeherein shown, without the use of screws or separate securing elements.The upright portion II of the holder is shaped to closely fit againstthe adjacent wall I2 of the telephone stand, whereby said pontion IIcooperates with the hook-like structure I9 at the upper end thereof andthe finger 2| to firmly secure the attachment or holder to the telephonestand, as will readilybe understood by reference to Figure 1.

By thus forming the upper end of the holder, there is little danger ofthe holder becoming detached from the telephone stand, when in use,

because any weight applied on the pad M by the hand will act to morefirmly secure the holder to the telephone stand. It will also be notedthat the horizontal portion ll of the upper end of the holder does notinterfere with the operation of the circuit-opening button 9, as thisbutton is free to move up and down through the aperture 20 provided inthe portion ll. Thus, it will be noted that the application of theattachment to the telephone stand does not, in any way, interfere withthe operation of the telephone. When the combined receiver andtransmitter 8 is supported in the cradle, one end thereof will besupported directly upon the horizontal portion I! of the upper end orthe wall l2 of the holder, whereby the combined receiver and transmitter8 further acts to retain the holder in position on the telephone stand.

In the drawing, I have shown the holder made from a single piece ofsheet metal, bent as shown in Figure 1, to provide a simple attachment.It is to be understood, however, that if desired, the upper portionl'|-l8 may be separately formed and secured to the upper end of theupright portion I2 of the holder without departing from the scope of theinvention. In actual practice, however, I have found that the entiredevice may readily be made from a single piece of sheet metal as hereinshown, whereby the cost of manufacture may be materially reduced.

I claim as my invention:

1. An attachment for a French telephone stand comprising an uprightplate portion shaped to conform substantially to the contour oi a sidewall of the telephone stand whereby said plate portion may be seatedfirmly against said sidewall, said plate portion being provided at itslower end with an outwardly projecting portion adapted to provide asupport'ior a note pad, and means at the upper end of said upright plateportion forming a hook adapted to engage one end of the usual cradle ofthe telephone stand, thereby to detachably secure the attachmentthereto.

2. An attachment for a "French telephone stand comprising an uprightplate portion shaped to fit against a side wall oi the telephone standand provided at its lower end with an outwardly projecting portionadapted to receive a note pad, said upright plate portion being bent toiorm a single hook element adapted to firmly engage one end of the usualcradle of the telephone stand, thereby to detachably secure theattachment to the telephone stand without the use of separable securingmeans.

3. An attachment for a French telephone stand comprising a brackethaving an upright portion adapted to seat against a side wall of thetelephone stand, said upright portion being provided at its upper endwith a horizontally disposed portion formed with a downwardly turnedflange adapted to engage an inwardly turned race of the stand, saiddownwardly turned flange having a depending finger adapted totrictionally engage a portion of the stand and cooperating with saidupright portion to secure the attachment to the telephone stand and saidbracket having at its lower end an outwardly projecting portion adaptedto receive a note pad, and means for removably securing the note padthereto.

- WESLEY J. KELLEY.

